Erasmus MC - Sophia Children’s Hospital

Parent Mental Health From Preterm Birth Through the NICU Stay

OBJECTIVES: Preterm birth and neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) admission are not only extremely stressful for the infant itself but can also impact parental mental health. This Dutch national prospective cohort study aimed to describe the trajectory of parental mental health f...

The Dutch cardiomyopathy registry (DCR); rationale and registry design

BACKGROUND: Cardiomyopathies are important causes of arrhythmias, sudden cardiac death, and heart failure. With accumulating knowledge in clinical, genetic, and molecular phenotyping, the number of distinct disease entities is growing. There is a need for broad, inclusive, high-q...

Prolonged puncturing decreases ventriculoperitoneal shunt insertion rate in neonates with posthemorrhagic ventricular dilatation

PURPOSE: Posthemorrhagic ventricular dilatation (PHVD) is a frequent complication of intraventricular hemorrhage (IVH) in preterm infants and is associated with increased neurodevelopmental morbidity. Following national Dutch guidelines, infants with PHVD are generally punctured...